From the dark into the light, with sinister poetic songs about
suffering, death, murder, about revenge and forgiving and all the
other bloody truths of human life, Dean Roca and his kinsmen are
coming around the bend with their meanwhile second longplayer.
The sombre magick of this Poe-esque maelstrom of an album is simply
irresistible.
Produced by the long-term THE SPOOK fan and Kreator-mainman
Mille Petrozza, and mixed as well as mastered by no one less than
the internationally renowned Grammy Award winner Andy Sneap
(Cradle Of Filth, Megadeth, Soulfly, Trivium, Caliban, As I Lay Dying),
THE SPOOK’s „Let There Be Dark“ is a pearl of dark rock music which
will make your heart beat faster, cleanse your soul and cause your
muscles to convulse. The pressing, transparent, indecent
production can only be described by the term coined by the band
themselves: „GRAVEROCK DELUXE“, creating a powerful gloomy
synthesis between – and crossing the borders separating –
Horrorpunk, Deathrock, Metal, Stoner-Rock, and Wave-Gothik: „Let
There Be Dark“ will blow fans away!
As THE SPOOK is already one of the absolute favourites of many
musicians, it is not surprising that Cradle of Filth’s Dave Pybus
played bass on one of the new album’s tracks. Backing vocals were
recorded by Blitzkid’s Goolsby and TB as well as the Popzilla’s Yvy
Pop.
When Ozzy Osbourne and ex-Rob Zombie bass player Blasko heard
the first rough mixes of the new album he went into raptures: „This
shit rocks! It’s amazing stuff! I simply love this band: THE SPOOK are
one of my favs and the new songs sound like a natural progression,
while still maintaining the ‘horror rock’ aesthetic. I anxiously await
the new record!“ Whoever still has doubts about the quality, the
authenticity and the whole concept of the band now must simply
have hibernated through the last 30 years of rock music. GRAVEROCK
can plainly not be more powerful, more succinct, or more alive –
anticipate the upcoming tour and festival shows!
